Front Lines.I'm so pleased with (and proud of) this issue, which is dedicated to the theme of the Chief Financial Officers (CFO See Chief Financial Officer. ) Act and, since I'm writing this while attending PDI PDI Protein Disulfide Isomerase PDI Personal Docente e Investigador (Spanish: Personal Educational and Investigating) PDI Pre Delivery Inspection PDI Professional Development Institute 2000 in Philadelphia, it's easy to recall how it began. Exactly one year ago, I was visiting with Mr. Bill Campbell, Chief Financial Officer of the US Coast Guard, at PDI 1999 in San Diego. He shared with me some of the Coast Guard's remarkable journey toward CFO Act compliance. I asked if the Coast Guard would be willing to continue sharing the story with all of our readers this year, after the FY 1999 opinions were rendered. He graciously agreed (even without knowing Coast Guard would get an unqualified audit opinion!). A short time later, I had a similar conversation with Mr. Steve Coakley, Director of Resource Management for the US Army Corps of Engineers (another success story), who also agreed. We had critical mass--the promise of two articles--and our CFO "theme" issue was on its way. Little did I know how enthusiastically the subject would be received, and that we'd end up publishing such a big issue filled with articles on topics relating to the CFO Act. My personal thanks to each of the individuals from the Office of the Secretary of Defense The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is part of the United States Department of Defense and includes the entire staff of the Secretary of Defense. It is the principal staff element of the Secretary of Defense in the exercise of policy development, planning, resource , the Defense Finance and Accounting Service The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), an agency of the United States Department of Defense, provides finance and accounting services for the military and other members of defense. In FY 2004, DFAS:
This year will mark the 10th anniversary of the CFO Act, which ushered in such a remarkable decade of financial management reform legislation. From my time working CFO Act and Government Performance and Results Act The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) is a US Law enacted in 1993. It is one of a series of laws designed to improve government project management. The GPRA requires agencies to engage in project management tasks such as setting goals, measuring results, and reporting (GPRA GPRA Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 GPRA Gouvernement Provisoire de la Republique Algerienne GPRA Government Procurement Reform Act (Philippines) GPRA General Practice Registrars Australia ) implementation with the Army, I'm a strong believer in what these and related laws have contributed to improved financial management, stewardship, and accountability-and it goes way beyond getting a "clean" opinion. But it's better that I let our many distinguished authors tell you in their own words... Barbara L. Bonessa Editor & Chair Editorial Board |
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